AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've never been entirely satisfied with the title "Strength" (or its precursor, the Golden Dawn's "Lord of Great Strength") for the Thoth 9 of Wands as signifying the Moon in Sagittarius. The Moon is not particularly forceful at the best of times and Sagittarius is the most muted of the Fire signs. Crowley … Continue reading The Thoth 9 of Wands: Strength in Opposition
Month: March 2024
The Ideal Consort: The Devil and the Queen of Disks
"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste" (Jagger/Richards) AUTHOR'S NOTE: In his book The Thoth Companion, Michael Snuffin expounds upon the "goat" symbolism on the Queen of Disks card by noting that "A goat stands on a second golden orb in the foreground, which represents the Sun in Capricorn, … Continue reading The Ideal Consort: The Devil and the Queen of Disks
The Daily Reading in Three Parts
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Consider this the "club sandwich" of tarot spreads, or maybe the "lasagna;" it breaks the daily reading into three distinct tiers of interpretation. Within the field of behavioral conjecture it's a well-established premise that the human personality exhibits three characteristic modes of response to circumstances: automatic or unplanned (the "knee-jerk reaction"); conditional or … Continue reading The Daily Reading in Three Parts
Personal Court Cards: A Crowleyan Perspective
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm currently reading the court-card section of Michael Snuffin's Thoth Companion and came across the observation that Aleister Crowley chose the Prince of Wands as his personal court card due to its association with Leo, the sign on his astrological Ascendant, accompanied by the Queen of Swords to symbolize his Sun sign of … Continue reading Personal Court Cards: A Crowleyan Perspective
Lottery Draw for the Week of March 4, 2024
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I used my new spread for selecting the best day of the week to buy a lottery ticket. This requires removing the court cards and shuffling the rest of the deck to populate the "days of the week" row, left-to-right, then shuffling and laying the court cards left-to-right above them until the chosen … Continue reading Lottery Draw for the Week of March 4, 2024
The State of the Art
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In light of the schizophrenic persona that modern tarot culture displays, you might call this my "State of Disunion Address." The tarot as most English-speaking diviners know it today is largely a product of the British Occult Revival of the late 19th Century, which was itself a further iteration of the work of … Continue reading The State of the Art
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